Pericles, Prince of Tyre: ACT I
Introduction ACT I [Prologue] SCENE I. Antioch. A room in the palace. SCENE II. Tyre. A room in the palace. SCENE III. Tyre. An ante-chamber in the palace. SCENE IV. Tarsus. A room in the Governor's house. ACT II ACT III ACT IV ACT V About the Play Feedback			Search: All the plays Hamlet Coriolanus Julius Caesar King Lear Macbeth Othello Romeo and Juliet Richard II Richard III Titus Andronicus Antony and Cleopatra Timon of Athens Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry the Fifth Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry VIII King John Pericles Troilus and Cressida All's Well... As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Cymbeline A Midsummer... Love's Labour's Lost Measure for Measure The Merry Wives... Much Ado about Nothing The Merchant of Venice Twelfth Night The Taming of... The Tempest The Two Gentlemen... The Winter's Tale    for: SCENE III. Tyre. An ante-chamber in the palace. Enter THALIARD THALIARD       So, this is Tyre, and this the court. Here must I       kill King Pericles; and if I do it not, I am sure to       be hanged at home: 'tis dangerous. Well, I perceive       he was a wise fellow, and had good discretion, that, 5     being bid to ask what he would of the king, desired       he might know none of his secrets: now do I see he       had some reason for't; for if a king bid a man be a       villain, he's bound by the indenture of his oath to       be one! Hush! here come the lords of Tyre. Enter HELICANUS and ESCANES, with other Lords of Tyre HELICANUS 10    You shall not need, my fellow peers of Tyre,       Further to question me of your king's departure:       His seal'd commission, left in trust with me,       Doth speak sufficiently he's gone to travel. THALIARD       (Aside) How! the king gone! HELICANUS 15    If further yet you will be satisfied,       Why, as it were unlicensed of your loves,       He would depart, I'll give some light unto you.       Being at Antioch-- THALIARD       (Aside) What from Antioch? HELICANUS 20    Royal Antiochus--on what cause I know not--       Took some displeasure at him; at least he judged so:       And doubting lest that he had err'd or sinn'd,       To show his sorrow, he'ld correct himself;       So puts himself unto the shipman's toil, 25    With whom each minute threatens life or death. THALIARD       (Aside) Well, I perceive       I shall not be hang'd now, although I would;       But since he's gone, the king's seas must please:       He 'scaped the land, to perish at the sea. 30    I'll present myself. Peace to the lords of Tyre! HELICANUS       Lord Thaliard from Antiochus is welcome. THALIARD       From him I come       With message unto princely Pericles;       But since my landing I have understood 35    Your lord has betook himself to unknown travels,       My message must return from whence it came. HELICANUS       We have no reason to desire it,       Commended to our master, not to us:       Yet, ere you shall depart, this we desire, 40    As friends to Antioch, we may feast in Tyre. Exeunt Return to top of page ... or ... Go to next scene